Arianna Criscione

Arianna Marcala Criscione (born 18 February 1985) is an Italian American former professional soccer goalkeeper who played for clubs in the United States, Italy, France, Sweden, the Netherlands and Norway. She spent five years with women's Serie A club Torres and won three caps with the Italy women's national football team.

Arianna Criscione
Personal information
Full name Arianna Marcala Criscione[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-18) 18 February 1985
Place of birth Whittier, California, United States
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Southern California Blues
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 UCLA Bruins
2005–2006 Boston College Eagles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Boston Renegades
2008 Danmarks IF
2009–2014 Torres
2014–2015 FC Twente 2 (0)
2015–2016 AS Saint-Étienne 2 (0)
2016 FL Fart 2 (0)
2016 Kungsbacka DFF 11 (0)
2017–2018 US Saint-Malo 4 (0)
2019–2021 Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2014 Italy 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:19, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:19, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Criscione played four years of college soccer, two years each for UCLA Bruins and Boston College Eagles, in the United States' NCAA tournament.[1][2] She also played for the USL W-League club Boston Renegades in 2005 and 2006.[3] In 2008 she played for the Swedish Norrettan club Danmarks IF.[4]

In a successful five-year spell with Torres from 2009 to 2014, Criscione collected three Serie A winner's medals, one Coppa Italia winner's medal, and four Supercoppa Italiana winner's medals.[5]

Criscione was called into a training camp with the Western New York Flash ahead of their 2014 season, following an injury to their regular goalkeeper Ad Franch.[6] In July 2014 she joined FC Twente of the BeNe League,[7] but was unable to dislodge Twente's celebrated goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal and negotiated a mutual release in January 2015 after making two appearances.[8]

AS Saint-Étienne of the French Division 1 Féminine signed Criscione in January 2015.[9] A month after arrival she sustained a serious knee injury.[10] She moved on to Norwegian 1. divisjon club FL Fart in June 2016,[11] where she made two appearances.[12] She then returned to Swedish football, where she made 11 appearances for Kungsbacka DFF in the 2016 Elitettan.[13]

Criscione returned to French football in August 2017, with Division 2 Féminine outfit US Saint-Malo. Her husband was employed as a coach with Stade Rennais at the time and Criscione hoped to relaunch her own career with a nearby club.[14] Criscione did not enjoy Saint-Malo, so left and began studying a master's degree with the Football Business Academy and undertook a placement at Benfica.[15]

In 2019 a chance meeting with Bruno Cheyrou on an aeroplane led to a contract offer from Paris Saint-Germain Féminine, where she was employed as a player and had an off-field role as sponsorship manager.[16][17] In June 2021 she left PSG and ended her playing career.[18]

International career

Criscione attended several youth national team training camps with the United States.[19] After moving to Italy she was included in Italy women's national football team coach Pietro Ghedin's initial 26-player list for UEFA Women's Euro 2009, but was one of four players to miss out on the final 22-player selection.[20]

In December 2011 Criscione made her first appearance for Italy in a 6–0 win over Chile at the 2011 International Women's Football Tournament of City of São Paulo.[21] She made further appearances against Scotland in the 2012 Cyprus Cup and Finland in the 2014 Cyprus Cup.[21]

References
  1. "Player Bio: Arianna Criscione - UCLA Official Athletic Site". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  2. "32 Arianna Criscione". Boston College Eagles. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. "Renegades Alumni". Mass Premier Soccer. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. "Två Danmarks-mål på två minuter". Damfotboll.com. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  5. Scatena, Marialaura (19 November 2021). "Intervista esclusiva ad Arianna Criscione: "Credo moltissimo nell'Italia"" (in Italian). L Football. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  6. Diveronica, Jeff (17 March 2014). "Flash lose goalie Franch for season with torn ACL". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  7. "Keepster Criscione naar FC Twente-vrouwen" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  8. "Contract Arianna Criscione bij FC Twente Vrouwen ontbonden" (in Dutch). RTV Oost. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  9. Cano, Koralee (1 January 2015). "Arianna Criscione à l'ASSE" (in French). Foot d'Elles. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  10. Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (7 July 2022). "Voices: Arianna Criscione". Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  11. "Trois départs chez les Amazones" (in French). Envertetcontretous. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  12. "Arianna Marcala Criscione" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  13. Lukkarila, Henrik. "Arianna Criscione" (in Swedish). Lagstatistik.se. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  14. "Quatre recrues pour renforcer l'US Saint-Malo" (in French). Ouest-France. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  15. Fumagalli, Francesca (4 June 2021). "Arianna Criscione, portiere e Sponsorship Manager al Paris-Saint Germain: "Bisogno di più donne con la passione di lavorare nel calcio"" (in Italian). Calcio Femminile Italiano. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  16. Aitken, Nick (6 June 2020). "Arianna Criscione: "If it's played, PSG will be in the Women's UCL final!"". She Kicks. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  17. "Arianna Criscione: The Disney story that led to dual PSG role". FIFA. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  18. Bianchi, Alex (7 June 2021). "Arianna Criscione: addio al calcio giocato tra qualche rimpianto" (in Italian). Calcio Line. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  19. Criscione, Arianna (7 June 2021). "My Gloves 1995 - 2021". Intelligent FC. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  20. Radaelli, Roberta (13 August 2009). "'Great honour' for Ghedin's Italy squad". UEFA. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  21. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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